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T Ex.1. Discuss.
A
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T How many times have you been to job
E interviews?
R

How do you prepare for an interview?

What do you wear?

What are people usually asked there?

Ex.2. Here are some interview tips. Can you

explain them? Elaborate.

Do some research on the company

before your job interview.

Go through your resume.

Prepare for common job interview

questions. Do a trial run.

Have a list of questions to ask.

Include supporting evidence.

Make the right first impression.

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Ex.3. Match informal and formal equivalents.
A
B
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1. Tool a. Philadelphia
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2. Youngin b. Take a sit A
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3. Grab a sit c. Disrespect Y
4. Philly d. You all
5. Y’all e. Gun
6. Undergrad f. Undergraduate
7. Diss g. Young one

Ex.4. Rewrite the questions “Where you come from” in hip

to make them formal.
What it do?
_______________________
Where you come
from?
_______________________
You talking ‘bout my
hometown?
_______________________
hop culture refers to your
hometown, not where you went
to school.
In the track, which you are going
to listen to, a confusion
between “where you come
from” being about your alma
mater vs. your hometown is due
to the premise of combining an
executive-style job interview vs.
the entering rap world.
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S Ex.5. Read about Lil Dicky. Do you know him? What his songs
T have you heard?
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David Burd, better known as
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“Lil Dicky”, is an American
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Jewish rapper who was born
G
and raised in Cheltenham, a
small suburb of Philadelphia.
He first attracted attention
through his viral song/video
“Ex-Boyfriend,” which gained
over a million views the first
day it was uploaded.

1.1 Ex.6. Lil Dicky is going to a job interview. He wants to

become a professional rapper. Watch the first part and say
how he answered the questions about his background.

Dave, let me start with your

background, where you
come from?

So real shit, you ain't never

had to struggle for much?

How you paid to get your

rap shit started?

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S 1.2 Ex.7. Watch the second part and say how he answered
T Snoop’s next questions.
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N
I That’s enough of the past, what
N makes you want to do rap?
G

Now let me put you through a

couple hypotheticals.
In a club and a couple niggas
threaten you.

“Traditionally people have been

doing the job, you know, the
same kind of way for a long
time”
- said Dave about rap industry.
Ex.8. Discuss.
Are you into rap music?
What didn’t Snoop Dogg like
about Dave’s answer?
What do you associate with
traditional hip-hop?
What did Dave mean by saying
“real recognize real”?

Do you think the interview is over SPEAKING

for Dave?
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S 1.3 Ex. 9. Watch the third part and put Dave’s answers to
T the first question into the right order.
E
N
I 1. I’m taking over any man like
N So what are your biggest father-in-laws.
G strengths?
2. Well my flow is crazy, I can
switch that amazing.

Ex.10. Discuss Dave’s 3. Top of that, lyrically I’m pretty

answers to other questions. damn clever.

4. When I get up on the mic, I

ain’t finna just lie. Real
recognize real, right?

So what you tryna do five years from

now, tell me 'bout the dude?

In a nutshell, what’s your legacy?

“And show people you ain't gotta be resigned to the highway

You can make a path while these motherfuckers drive straight”

Can you explain these lines?

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Ex.11. Match underlined words with their meanings. C
A
B
U
1. You ain't even sold a damn album
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a. slang Alright A
yet. That's a lot of talk from a wily
vet R
b. slang A very close friend Y
2. I get it, you trying to be better
c. Catchy part of a song
than all, but you aren't shit until
cheddar's involved
d. The one who’s being
performed a background
3. This shit is aight for your first shit.
check on
But you don't know if it's your
worst shit
e. slang Money
4. What would you do for the hook
for this song?

5. Homie, I’m professional.

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1.4 Ex.12. Watch the last part. Are E
these statements true of false? N
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1. Snoop Doog is saying that Dicky can’t be
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considered a serious rapper until he is G
commercially successful.

2. Dave thinks his hook has some positive

aspects while Snoop disapproves it.

3. Dave wasn’t offered a job after all.

4. Snoop Dogg offers Dave to smoke a

cigarette.
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Ex.13. Check the meaning of the words below. Fill the blanks. C
A
B
U
Cadence (n) 1. Five years into the marriage he L
felt in __________. A
Elaborate (v) R
Flaw (n) 2. After years of job dissatisfaction, Y
Grab (v) he's at last found his __________ in
financial services.
Hardship (n)
in a nutshell (idiom) 3. It is assumed a non-slip condition
on the wheels, so the robot
Misread (v) cannot move __________.
Niche (n)
4. The directors met with him and
Nutty (adj) offered him the role __________.
On the spot
5. The company's environment felt
Outsource (v) like a __________ - employees were
Pitch (n) constantly sabotaging each other
to climb the corporate ladder.
Plaque (n)
Rat race (n) 6. You're a pessimist – you can’t see
the __________ here.
Rook (n)
Sideways (adv) 7. The candidate talks about
working-class issues, particularly
Stealthy (adj) about jobs being _________
Suppressed (adj) overseas.

Trap (n) 8. Their families are now suddenly

Upside (n) free from financial __________.

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1.5 Ex.14. listen to the song once again and fill the gaps. I
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[Verse 1] T
Diss SD: 1__________ a seat E
D: Thanks, I'm Dave, very nice to meet N
Elaborate SD: Dave, what it do? You can call me Dogg I
Let me just check your sheet
flaws N
D: No problem, sir, let me just say
I'm a big fan of the shit that y'all make
G
Grab
I can't lie, I been thinking about this all day
hardship SD: All good, there's a reason that we called, Dave, let me start
with your background, where you come from?
racing rats D: Sure, I was 2__________ down there in Richmond
tool SD: Before that
D: Oh, you talking 'bout my hometown?
Trap SD: Yeah
D: I was born out of Philly, grew up in a little silly old town
Undergrad
called Cheltenham
youngins It was in the suburbs, upper-middle wealth around
SD: So real shit, you ain't never had to struggle for much?
D: I wouldn't say it like that, we just had a different kind of
3____________
SD: 4____________
D: Well I ain't never had a 5____________, but I had to be the man
at school
Like I was doing shit I had to do so when I finished undergrad,
I'm cool and I can get whatever job I wanted
SD: But the job you wanted wasn't all that bumping
D: Yeah, and I saw it quick all the 6____________ that be coming
when you grow up like that
When you been 7________ them ____, you ain't been making
them raps
SD: Boo-hoo what a 8____________
How you paid to get the rap shit started?
D: Man, my Bar Mitzvah money
But don't 9____________ me buddy, I wasn't one of them
10____________ up on the block who had nothing to lose
I must've wanted this a lot, I had something to choose
SD: Ha, look at that, I can say there's something to prove up in
yo' ass
D: Yeah, I guess 10
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rap?
D: Oh my God, it's the best
Bitches let me draw up on their breasts
Literally, I can reinvent myself, I get a forum to project myself
It's never boring, every morning I wake up and try to best
myself Сadence
I never got to be 11____________ or 12____________ to express myself
It's kinda healthy Niche
SD: Cool, now let me put you through a couple hypotheticals Pitch
D: Sure
SD: In a club and a couple niggas threaten you Stealthy
D: Uh, I wouldn't do shit
And I don't even get what that got to do with this? Suppressed
SD: Shut the fuck up, rap's like life
If you wanna do this, then you won't get far acting like a little
bitch
D: Nah, that's my 13____________
Don't get offended by this, but that's the market y'all missed
That's the target I'll hit and that's the heart of my 14____________
I wanna do this whole thing different
SD: What the fuck you mean you wanna do the whole thing
different?
D: Uh, you know, I-I think, like, you know
Traditionally people have been doing the job, uh, you know,
the same kind of way for a long time
SD: But traditionally speaking, this shit works, right?
D: Nah, like, I get that, but I-I just think like, you know
You don't know if it could be working even better
And I think you should look at me as an opportunity to find
that out

[Verse 2]
SD: So what are your biggest strengths?
D: Well, my flow is crazy, I can switch that amazing
For example, I can be like ain't nobody fucking with Lil Dicky
When he get up on that shit and spit it sick and ridiculous
Ripping this shit like it's never been did and the rhythm is
never predictable
'Cause I can switch it, deliver this shit in whatever 15____________
you bitches prefer
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D: Top of that, lyrically I'm pretty damn clever (Go)
Got a long bottom bitch, call the ho Neville (Whoa)
And I blew it from the jump, Derrick Rose knee (Oh)
finna You can say I'm pretty smart how I know better
And y'all been winning like Pistorius, it's no feat
in a nutshell Bro, I can go on and on
I'm taking over any man like father-in-laws
nutty SD: Okay enough of the punchline, that ain't showing me you
sideways different than the other guys
D: Well I don't know if they can run it like that
But ain't nobody else doing funny type rap
SD: What's that?
D: Well, I can tell a story about my morning
Watching Boy Meets World and jerking off to Topanga
Lawrence
Like the 14 year old Topanga
SD: Oh, this shit like a joke to you? I don't get it
D: Nah, it ain't like that I just happen to be a 16____________
abundantly funny type of individual. Like, as a guy, so when I
get up on the mic, I ain't 17____________ just lie
Real recognize real, right?
SD: Yeah, I guess... so what you tryna do
Five years from now, tell me 'bout the dude
D: Well, I don't care about the money
Like, it's the respect that I'm wanting
Honestly, I just want to be one of the greats
Where they gotta bring your boy up every debate
I don't wanna leave the game the same
SD: 18____________, what's your legacy?
D: Well, I wanna be the dude that came in and made the
stand-up rap
Put the random rap in demand like that for the people that
was anti-rap
Yet, the fans of rap start to recognize that anti-rap
Is ironically one of the real brands of rap left
SD: That shit sound pretty damn complex
D: I guess, I wanna be the best
I just wanna do it my way
And turn the whole game 19____________
And show people you ain't gotta be resigned to the highway
You can make a path while these motherfuckers drive straight
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D: Well thanks, man, that's my plan of my attack
Just let me in and I'ma rap the 20____________
And I ain't about to win them back to back
I'm 'bout to win them like it's back to back to back to back to
back
'Til I stop rapping aight
SD: You ain't even sold a damn album yet
D: True cheddar
SD: That's a lot of talk from a wily 21____________ flaws
Let alone a young 22____________', nigga
D: You 23____________ me garbage
SD: Nah, this ain't a book, nigga
D: Well that's one of my 24___________, I'm too competitive dawg misread
SD: No, you just fucking repetitive dawg plaques
I get it, you trying to be better than all, but you aren't shit until
25____________'s involved rook
D: I get that I gotta prove myself
SD: No shit, you ain't done shit upside
D: Think about that though vet
Only doing this a couple of years
One tape and I'm like this?
SD: This shit is 26____________ for your first shit
But you don't know if it's your worst shit
D: You don't think finding out would be worth it?
I SD: t might be, it might not
But I'ma put your ass to work, kid
D: Wait, like, like I have the job? Like really?
SD: Well one more thing, let me see if you could put a hook
together
What would you do for the hook for this song?
D: Uh, you want me to make a hook up right now?
SD: Do I look like the type of nigga that like repeating himself?
D: All right, uh, okay
SD: Man, do the hook!
D: I'm 'bout to be professional
Homie, I'm professional
Uh, maybe like a low voice type thing?
SD: Nigga, that shit is 27____________, man
D: Well, you know, I feel like there might have been some
28____________ to it
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Don't y'all normally like 30____________ for that kind of thing
sometimes?
SD: Whatever man, you tryna smoke a blunt?
D: Right now?
SD: Yeah
D: Sure on the spot

SD: Dope. Juanita, bring some weed in here, please. Thank outsource
you soft
J: You got it, Snoop. I'll be right there
D: Thanks, Juanita. Super nice woman
SD: Nigga, why does everything you say sound so 31___________?
D: Uh, I really don't wanna be spoken to like that, so...
SD: Pfft, yeah, whatever. Thanks
J: Hey, I got y'all your weed
D: Damn, that's some great looking weed. It's just so early

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impressions on
the track.

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Ex.13. You’re going for a job interview to Snoop Dogg. Good E
luck. A
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Let me start with your background, where you come N
from? G

What makes you want to do what you do?

What are your biggest strengths?

Five years from now, tell me 'bout the dude.

In a nutshell, what’s your legacy?

You tryna smoke a blunt?

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Aight Outsource
Cadence Pitch
Cheddar Plaque
Diss Rat race
Elaborate Rook
Flaw Sideways
Grab Stealthy
Hardship Suppressed
Homie Tool
Hook Trap
in a nutshell Undergrad
Misread Upside
Niche Vet
Nutty Youngin
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Ex.2. Possible answers:

Do some research on the company before your job interview.
Find out about the company: the company culture; the latest company news;
the structure of the company; the department or team the successful job
candidate will join
Go through your resume.
reading through your resume carefully. Review your resume together with the
job posting and any job details that you have. Make a note of any areas of
concern that the interviewer may have.
Prepare for common job interview questions. Do a trial run.
Know which interview questions you can expect to be asked. Practice an
interview with a friend.
Have a list of questions to ask.
The interviewer wants to know that the candidate has spent a reasonable
amount of time thinking about the job opportunity. By having a list of prepared
questions to ask, you are demonstrating a professional and proactive approach
to your job interview.
Include supporting evidence.
Impress the interviewer with evidence of your skills, experience and abilities. Job
references, character references, proof of qualifications and training and
relevant work samples can all provide valid support that you are the right
person for the job.
Make the right first impression.
Different companies and different jobs require different types of interview dress.
The job candidate needs to find out the company dress code and dress
appropriately for the interview.

Ex.3. 1. e 2. g 3. b 4. a 5. d 6. f 7.
c

Ex.4.
How do you do?
Where do you come from?
Are you talking about my
hometown?
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Ex.6. Ex.7.
Dave, let me start with your That’s enough of the past, what
background, where you come from? makes you want to do rap?
I was born out of Philly grew up in a 1. Bitches let me draw up on
little silly old town called their breasts.
Cheltenham. 2. Literally, I can reinvent
It was in the suburbs, upper-middle myself, I get a forum to
wealth around. project myself.
So real shit, you ain't never had to 3. It’s never boring, every
struggle for much? morning I wake up and try
I wouldn't say it like that, we just to best myself.
had a different kind of trap… but I 4. I never got to be suppressed
had to be the man at school or stealthy to express myself.
Like I was doing shit I had to do so It’s kinda healthy.
when I finished undergrad, I'm cool Now let me put you through a
and I can get whatever job I wanted couple hypotheticals.
How you paid to get your rap shit In a club and a couple niggas
started? threaten you.
Man, my Bar Mitzvah money. Uh, I wouldn’t do shit.

Ex.8.
What didn’t Snoop Dogg like about Dave’s answer?
To Snoop’s mind, Dave acted like a chick in a hypothetical situation. Dogg is
sure that rap’s like life and if Dave is a coward then he won’t make it as a good
rapper. (Shut the fuck up, rap's like life
If you wanna do this, then you won't get far acting like a little bitch)

What did Dave mean by saying “real recognize real”?

He’s acknowledging that Snoop’s rap about sex, drugs, and violence was real for
Snoop while saying that his own rap about everyday suburban life is real for him.
So he is saying to Snoop: “You rap about your reality, I rap about my reality, are
we so different?”

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Ex. 9. Ex.10.
1. Well my flow is So what you tryna do five years from now, tell
crazy, I can me 'bout the dude?
switch that Well, I don’t care about the money.
amazing. Like, it’s the respect that I’m wanting.
2. Top of that, Honestly, I just want to be one of the greats.
lyrically I’m I don’t wanna leave the game the same.
pretty damn In a nutshell, what’s your legacy?
clever Well, I wanna be the dude that came in and
3. I’m taking over made the stand-up rap.
any man like Put the random rap in demand like that for the
father-in-laws people that was anti-rap.
4. Ain’t nobody Yet, the fans of rap start to recognize that anti-
else doing funny rap is ironically one of the real brands of rap
type rap left.

Ex.11. 1. d 2. e 3. a 4. c 5. b

Ex.12. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F

Ex.13. 1. trap 2. niche 3.

sideways 4. on the spot 5.
racing eats 6. upside 7.
outsource 8. hardship

Ex.14. 1. grab 2. undergrad 3. trap 4. elaborate

5. tool 6. flaws 7. racing…rats 8. hardship 9. diss
10. youngins 11. Suppressed 12. stealthy 13.
niche 14. pitch 15. cadence 16. Nutty 17. finna
18. in a nutshell 19. sideways 20. Plaques 21. vet
22. rook 23. misread 24. flaws 25. cheddar 26.
aight 27. garbage 28. upside 29. On the spot
30. outsource 31. soft
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